Carpenter&#39;s plane



Dec. 19, 1922.

s. s VAUGHAN. CARPENTERS PLANE.

FILED DEC. 19. I92].

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Application filed. December 19, 1921. 5 Serial No. 523,255.

Perle in he county of Cook and tltute o llinois in. nted certain. he. id use iulImprovements in Carpenters Pl of vhich the following is e. specification. e present improvements relate more SPLL heed plane in. its operative position, and the chief? object is to provide means for ting element securely while erwus objections present in older lorms of such plant-2s.

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term apart of this specifiestion, Figure l is at top pliill oi at hand plane having these improvements applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is'e. medial longitudinal section through the Y drn\viiigie. which of the general character of the one illus tnrted. comprising 9.. body orstock, a blade for 'llOlC .i

or iron set diagonally with respect to the sold and clamping; means lnclu screw the blade in its operative POSP tion.

The bit or iron 4-. isshow'n, as of the double-bit type having in edditionto the hide t the overlying lneulter 5 hold a; 1111 )l; on the iron 4i by the SCIQW 6 mor t-lbllilll the slot 7." Such double irons as well as the single irons Well known in the art, and since the present improvements apply equallyto the double or single blade end through at registering breaker 5.

or iron the reference; to such a part in the appended claiiis are to be understood as zip-- plying to either thereof.

The bit-4 rests against a torwsrdly-endrcerwerdlyedjustehle edge block. 8 .held

in any given position o1"- edjustinent bf. a"

pair of screws 9, such wedge blocks being also Well known. I

The blade 4% or i5, may be edji: ted longgitudinelly by turnine the finger Wheel 10 keyed rot-stably at in the projection 12 which is part oithc wedge block there being: a sliding block 13 threaded uponthescrew 1%, the block having an upper pin 15 passing through the slot 7 of the, iron l: hole in the Since the breaker and the bit ire held firmly together by the screw 6 the adjusting movements of the block 13 and,

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iticullv to the means for fastening the cuttinghlede; bit or iron ot'u carpenters the fulcrum rod, 18. old to ,provide such'e fulcrum rod, lever ion in the art to provide 9. plane shifting action has it desired to reset the ole:

pin 15 move both blades. This method oi adjusting the bit is also veil known.

Betiveen thesides 17 of the stock t fulcruming; cross rod 18 is secured as byrivet- The leverQO its lower-or front end pressingu )On the breaker 5 (or in caseof a single b sde it would impinge such blade) .vvhile its rear end portion is cprovided Withn threaded hole accommodating the screw having the finger he'elQd. A seat is provided in the lever 20 at tor It is also and screw for binding the blade firmly at spaced-spurt points upon it Wedge block as 801' other slanting); surface.

'Heretofoie the binding; screw as 23 has been provided with either a rounded or a substantially sharp point. According to such older construction wh n the binding screvv is broughtdown'uprin theblsde by e threadingection the frictional movement of the end of tllQySCI'GW relative to the blade tends to move the blade and the lever es 520 laterally with respect to each other. That is to say, as viewed in F i, the end of the screw fnioving in the clockwise direction would tend to creep toward the lower side of the plane forcing the blade tou'erd the upper side. When theend of: thescreiv is rounded this creeping and disloceting move I ment is quite pronounced, and it results in throwingthe cutting ozthr bit out'o'ft its true position. tiuclr creeping or blade I been overcome, to e considerehle extent in instances Where the end of the screw is made sharp or conicnlly pointed; buts serious ohjectionexists in such construction in tlnitithesherp pointceuses indentetionsin the blade and when e the sharp point is very apt to lind its way into some old indentation and move the blade out of position While being-tightened.

In this connection it is also pointed out that when it screw as 23 is tightened it neturelly inclines with respect to the plane of the blade owing to the movement of the upper end of the lever-'20 in a direction away from I the end of the screw is also to creepupvvard upon the blade, springing the screw end putting its threads under undesirable dlstort o'n strains, and, where e good. grip upon the ing' below s sure oi sneh tliest-oeh sides as 1! blade is hard by the sharp point, moving the blade upward and earrying the cutting edge out of its desired position.

Another iniportzint objection to the older construction in which the end of the screw directly impinges the bledeizrises trom the fact that the holdin )1.GSSHZ'B.U"OJ!; the 1'" blade is applied at only very small point or'zirez and the holding torce is theretore necessarily limited. Furthermore there is usually. it not almost in 'zirinhl i' an ope-r shrill area of Contact, 2155 the Lu gnideway to the block 13, whereby the pres- .seren' springs the blade and.

places parts oi it under undesirable strains. From the foregoing references to the older practice it will he clear that according to snrh ii-entice the holding action nponihe iron or hit is limited in quantity and, depends to a considerable exent upon spring action developed in the screw or blade, and that the epplic-ation of force is not direct.

Finch want oi a proper holding lilan'le is important to some extent in pr:

oi" the alive when the plane is used on straiglitegreined' Wood since the blade may be oreedbziek gradually: lint it is zrtienliir importzint in. cases where the cutt w edge oi the blade at one side strikes a knot or other harder material, when Lhz t part of the cutting edge is sharply :toreer heelr, throwing; the blade awry and nece. -sitzu';ins; its resetting l, tnrther use. Such action is possilz are always materially spaced from the adjacent edges of the blade to pro 'ide tor swinging movements the blade to compensate for grindinsy en a not at right angles to the side edges of the blade.

In order to overcome these and similar ohjeetions I provide an intermediate nornr-z lly non-rotatire element between the elaniipir inem'l'ierni d the time surface of the blade to word which the elzimping niernho moves.

the p11 sure nllel relation thereto whereby the screw i nnllr-disnosed 1 ,eeeem nigh the hiaz'zil over a role. rely lerge suroi the lo 'le the trietion between the x 'l 26 and ti hhi-de-normally holding the head against otntivef movement While the screw being turned.

4 very tightly held but the tendons to move dnrir; tl e tightening operation is overcome.

l meter :1 bend at 528. \i'hewh}; the end portion E32 will overlie the hlado in substantially per- Wil m directed at rif-z he hlzide. I contemplate us-oeing within the scope of these improvements rerions inodiii *ntions of and dot tnres'froin What is SPGCifiCZZllf F herein illustrated and described. indicated by the nppendede aim.

V I: claim:

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it angles to the plane t n of 21 steel: and I e in (:erpef'r ilnne of the ehnrzieter described, end means for hmding the blade including a tolernni d lever and a elmnping'serew ther in directed 'nrdn fsee surteee of the blade, and e. iesen rgzzginp head or" niatermlly :yrert ere: ewireled noon the end ot said screw.

SANFORD Fl. VJillGl-IAN.

s diagothe head or button engaging the blade, the i also to form the lever .30, as with The hhide is not onlr' 

